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[Turbo Nick]

i'll have a look see what chunks of copper bar are on the van and give em to sian if you want dude?

[mini93]

Cheers, i recon ill be alright now, the floor was always going to be my biggest worry.
Trying to get my face over the welding hand whilst still holding the brass against the problem area... once i flat back the welds ill see whats what, if i need anything else ill give a shout thanks

[mini93]

Im useless... ben busy and not got round to doing much on it recently.

Picked this up today at Castle combe (another year my mini hasnt made it! aswell as SORN needing to be made by the end of this month )


This just means i have to cut more out the bulkhead!

[mini93]

With help from a friend iv noticed... now that Castle Combes been and gone.... its marked 2 years since iv driven the mini uber lame

Edited by mini93, 04 October 2012 - 09:02 PM.

[miniman retford]

With help from a friend iv noticed... now that Castle Combes been and gone.... its marked 2 years since iv driven the mini uber lame

Yes you are

[mini93]

gee thanks Nige!

[mini93]

No pictures to show but iv been cracking on with the floor welding today. Almost done, just a quick inspection in the dark with a light under the car to check for small pin holes and... last welding tip jammed up and wouldnt clear. Arse!
noob mistake... should have already had spares and kinda wanted it done before next weekend so i can start moving along to next set of holes to weld up
Heyho, already ordered the tips now

Also been buying more stuff, hopefully will turn up in the week.
Mega busy at work so not sure ill get much chance to do anything in the evenings even if the tips do turn up.

[mini93]

My new plendelliiuminiumeum turned up today.... and the welding tips... which are the wrong ones.... arse!
ill just go to Machine mart after work one day i guess rather than Egay again


Shiney "Nic" type plenum. Take off for DV, angled for intercooler and hose take off too.
Anyone want a standard plenum?

[mini93]

This weekend, i finaly managed to finish the floor welding! needless to say iv been getting very tired of doing it now!
Constant welding, grinding back, shine the light behind and still see light pin holes... repeat... URGH!!
so... some of the welds just really arent pretty, but its all welded up now "solid" i think haha I also threw a quick layer of primer over it, to make myself feel better and see it in 1 colour. Hides some of the more dodgy welds but shows up some others, C'est la vie
The undersides also ground back as far as i really want to go


Just showing the side all welded up, didnt snap the otherside till after a blew primer over it, nothing really need to be seen though





from a distance it doesnt look too bad and i have to keep reminding myself that most of the floor isnt going to be visable after the interiors in along with floor trays.
So... thats the floor mostly done. obviously need to plate up the massive hole at some point. I want to remove the old selector shaft tube because i think i can do a nicer job and a simple gator (such like a steering rack gator) will suffice. I'll also need to weld in another seat rail to replace the one on the cross member i deleted
so now after the floor comes the front bulkhead and the back end... urgh!
Rather than patching small holes like i did with the floor. im just going to replace the corners of the boot. also might just sack the old arches off and buy new ones. After the hassle of the floor thinking just replacing a panel might be easier for me and less stressful.

and neighbour noise complains continue...

Edited by mini93, 14 October 2012 - 03:11 PM.

[mini93]

Got myself some pannels today in hope id want to do some work... but naa, far too cold!





Thats 2 non genuine rear wheel arches at £40 a pop... rather annoying seeing as im going to chop them to tub the arches mind!
and a 10" rear boot floor repair.
I hate spending money but hoping this will make doing the rear end repairs a little easier, quicker and neater

[mini93]

Sparks to the FACE!
thats pretty much what happened, but with that iv been chopping...again.
So tackling the rear end now. Hopefully this will go quicker than the floor did
Below are the reasons i didnt want to just patch up. Would be a complete patchwork quilt... grim!






Chopped Chop!







Thats where iv got to today. Only had a few hours and was dark by time i had finished hacking off the remains of the boot floor. It was a pain taking off the 2 layers of flange (haha) I hate grinding spot welds away when you cant see them. Its done though.
Will see if I crack on welding the new one back tomorrow... Im pretty lazy

[kcchan]

Keep at it! Just ignore the cold haha

[mini93]

Haha, it actualy wasnt that bad once I started working... its the whole walking out to the garage wearing a tshirt before putting my overalls on and waiting for the garage to warm up a touch.
Be nice to have a bit more low level light for when i was grinding but hey ho

[danny1]

any more on this done?

love reading this thred

[mini93]

Cheers Danny but nope, unfortunatly not... once i get back from work Im far too lazy to go to the garage, especially with my moaning neighbours (whos not even a next door neighbour and other people iv spoken to have said they cant even hear me working really)
I try not to work on the car when its raining outside either, but much moisture in the air considering its bare metal. Rain sunday stopped anything there.
That and I'm not very well off at the moment, paid out for my holiday in january so cant go buying stuff haha